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45. It's a Trap!
Remember how straightforward the story of Abraham’s servant and Rebekah was? The servant simply went to Mesopotamia, trusted God to find a wife for Isaac, was presente...
44. Making God an Idol
All Christians today are likely familiar with the concept of being “transformed” by scripture or Christ or however you want to phrase it. This, and the idea of being a...
43. The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus as a Retelling of Genesis 15 - an Essay for the OCABS 2022 Symposium
This week we present one of our two papers as they were presented at the 2022 OCABS symposium. This week is Blaise's "The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus as a Rete...
42. The Ultimate Spiritual Gift's Test - an Essay for the OCABS 2022 Symposium
This week we present one of our two papers as they were presented at the 2022 OCABS symposium. This week is Rowdy's "Ultimate Spiritual Gift's Test." Intro and outr...
41. Rightly Named Jacob
Like all names in the Bible, Jacob's has a clear function which is explored in Genesis chapter 27. Let us be attentive! Intro and outro music Copyright © Holy Trans...
40. Nowhere Man
We’ve spent the last few months laboring in detail the often complicated and frustrating story of the patriarch Abraham in the Bible. Surprisingly, Isaac’s story is fl...
39. Birthright for Blood
We come to scripture this week expecting to hear more about our new focal character Isaac, but we are shocked to find out that the story in Genesis 25 has already move...
38. Keep It in the Family
Today we hear the mashal of Genesis 24! Let us be attentive. Intro and outro music Copyright © Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, used by permission. Al...
37. Enemy's Mercy
Today we hear the mashal of Genesis 23 where Abraham is curiously rejecting the mercy of his enemy and seeks to buy the gift of the land as a possession for himself. L...
36. Lamb to the Slaughter
In today’s episode we hear the story of Abraham being commanded by the Scriptural God to sacrifice Isaac. This is a very famous story from the Bible and is used by var...
35. Virgin Birth
This week we cover chapter 21 of Genesis. This is the story of Isaacs's birth and the surrounding events. Join us as we discuss the story and the overlooked but incred...
34. Allophyloi
As already discussed many times in this podcast, Abraham's story in the book of Genesis is anything but linear. For every move in obedience to God, there is a counterm...
33. Don't Look Back
Join us as we read through Genesis 19 and critique the popular reception of the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. Intro and outro music Copyright © Holy Transfiguration ...
32. Abort Your Ideology - an Interlude
Our ideologies are our downfall. We cannot use scripture to suit our desires and our ideological premises. We should not even come to scripture with our questions. We ...
31. The Hospitality of Abraham
Join us this week as we hear the pericope of Abraham's hospitality toward YHWH, his master. YHWH is identified in the appearance of three men- who are these three men?...
30. Cult of the Creedal Statement - an Interlude
In this interlude episode, I argue that the fundamental problem with "theology" is that it reduces scriptural faith into something that is to be "believed" rather than...
29. What a Joke
Perhaps you’ve heard before that God has a sense of humor. Well, that is true but not in the way you might think. Often, if we say God has a sense of humor it is so th...
28. All About Circumcision
Circumcision is probably the most controversial covenant in the entire scriptural story. From the onset of the common era, the implications of this covenant for the ge...
27. Father of the Emaciated Lamb
Something that Rowdy and I have pressed many times throughout these podcasts is the fact that names not only have special meanings in the Hebrew text, they define the ...
26. A Child Born For Slavery
Today we will hear chapter 16 of Genesis. We are coming off of last weeks reading, chapter 15, when we heard of God’s first covenant with Abram where he promised to hi...